Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Advancement Pill Formation
Ye Jingcheng, maintaining a calm demeanor, first checked all the spirit medicines thoroughly!
From the types of spirit medicines to the roots, stems, and leaves, everything was meticulously examined.
Any with damaged spiritual energy were replaced with better alternatives.
He had reviewed the pill formula for the Red Flame Fox’s advancement pill for nearly five years and was immensely familiar with it!
The current spirit medicines only allowed him two attempts at refining!
This meant he had to succeed in producing at least one furnace out of these attempts!
Otherwise, he would need to find rare herbs like Red Dragon Fruit and Falling Flame Grass again.
After adjusting the spirit medicines, Ye Jingcheng began slowly cultivating the Cyan Elephant Furnace.
This time, each step was performed with extreme caution, moving at a deliberately slow pace.
The control of the furnace’s heat and the activation of the spirit patterns must not deviate, especially for refining ordinary spirit medicines; Ye Jingcheng could use a faster cultivating method.
Minor flaws wouldn’t affect much.
However, for such critical spirit pills like the advancement pill, Ye Jingcheng dared not make any mistakes!
Both the quantity and quality significantly impact the Red Flame Fox and, consequently, affect him through the Beast Communication Pattern.
This time, the cultivation took a full quarter-hour.
During the break while the furnace was being cultivated, Ye Jingcheng infused a lot of treasure light into the Red Flame Fox.
At that moment, the Red Flame Fox, with its sky-blue eyes, also flickered peculiarly. It had been preparing for this alchemy for a long time!
Under the surging flames, Ye Jingcheng began placing one spirit medicine after another into the fire, with them gradually transforming into medicinal paste and liquid.
As the spirit liquid increased, the pressure on Ye Jingcheng also grew, yet fortunately, everything proceeded smoothly.
Feeling reassured, he seized the chance to release more treasure light for the Red Flame Fox.
After an undetermined amount of time, the red medicinal liquid inside the furnace, consisting of the essence of many spirit medicines, appeared pale red and rotated swiftly within the furnace. All impurities were absorbed by the spirit patterns on the furnace walls, burned into blue smoke, and vanished.
However, upon adding Falling Flame Grass, Ye Jingcheng suddenly felt the liquid ignite violently, commencing fierce boiling.
His spirit rose in alarm; he hadn’t expected the pill formula to react so turbulently.
"Lower the fire!" Ye Jingcheng instructed in advance.
He hurriedly reached out to the Red Flame Fox, though still slightly too late.
The next moment, the medicinal liquid combusted directly within the furnace!
Ye Jingcheng cast a spirit technique to dim the Cyan Elephant Furnace, extinguishing the flame.
Inside, the medicinal liquid turned into a mass of spiritual waste. After examining it, Ye Jingcheng collected it in a jade bottle.
Then he retrieved a jade talisman and continued recording.
The Red Flame Fox approached Ye Jingcheng, chirping softly, seemingly apologizing. Ye Jingcheng patted the spirit pattern on its forehead.
He responded with a smile, then proceeded to summarize.
One failure was no big deal, fortunately only Falling Flame Grass and Red Dragon Fruit remained to be refined!
Most of these spirit medicines were of the fire attribute, and if the temperature wasn’t controlled properly, they would ignite spontaneously.
Even though the Red Flame Fox had experienced hundreds of pills, it was still just a Tier One spirit beast.
After summing up, Ye Jingcheng gave the Red Flame Fox more treasure light and took out a number of Spirit Nourishing Pills.
"Xiaoyan, next, let’s conduct special training!" Ye Jingcheng then took out the Three-Eared Pill Furnace.
This time, he wouldn’t refine medicine but focus exclusively on controlling temperatures, various and constantly changing ones!
It was akin to special training!
The Red Flame Fox nodded, its blue eyes showing steadfast determination.
It chirped high-pitched sounds, as if a small wolf howling to the moon.
In the following days, Ye Jingcheng postponed several alchemy tasks, relying on his stock of pills to cover them, focusing on temperature control for both the Red Flame Fox and himself.
Day after day, half a month passed!
Watching the fire reach the desired level, the Red Flame Fox chirped once again.
A confident expression appeared on his face.
Ye Jingcheng nodded, feeding a few spirit beasts once more, then allowed the Red Flame Fox to rest while he settled onto the stone bed to cultivate.
The Four-Phase Celestial Essence spiritual power slowly flowed through his meridians, blending the coolness of the water attribute, the warmth of the fire attribute, and the vitality of the wood attribute.
Were it not for the slow pace, cultivating the Four-Phase Celestial Essence Scripture would be rather enjoyable.
Night passed once more, and the early morning sunlight, in purple and red hues, streamed through the bamboo leaves, falling onto the wooden windows of the courtyard.
Ye Jingcheng rose, and the Red Flame Fox felt his movement and approached the stone table.
Without further ado, Ye Jingcheng once again took out, inspected, compared, and prepared the spirit medicines.
He also retrieved the jade talisman to review his previous experiences.
Finally, he began cultivating the furnace once more, yet this time without the initial nervousness, applying the cultivation technique neither quickly nor as cautiously as before.
Even the Red Flame Fox, releasing flames, had become more precise and easy-going.
One by one, the spirit medicines fell in, and soon it was time for the Falling Flame Grass!
Ye Jingcheng took a deep breath and, as his finger moved, the Falling Flame Grass entered the furnace, causing the red medicinal liquid to again become restless!
This time, without uttering a word, the Red Flame Fox seemed to understand Ye Jingcheng’s intent, lowering the flames automatically.
The furnace’s temperature decreased, yet inside it precisely matched the point specified in the pill formula.
The liquid continued to surge, and Ye Jingcheng once again took out the Red Dragon Fruit!
As the Red Dragon Fruit entered, it was as if a red serpent’s spirit shadow fell in, causing the liquid’s temperature to soar once more.
Ye Jingcheng once again controlled the decrease in temperature, and the Red Flame Fox followed up.
As time passed, both man and beast reached a critical point in concentration, with beads of sweat dripping!
Finally, with the high-speed rotation of the furnace, a clear elephant cry resonated from within.
The furnace lid lifted off, revealing two red pills at the bottom, slightly imperfect but genuine advancement pills.
Ye Jingcheng named this pill Red Flame Pill.
Prepared jade bottles were taken out by Ye Jingcheng, and the two pills flew in, casting a red glow as if the jade bottles were made of red jadeite.
Remarkably beautiful.
The flames were extinguished, and the Cyan Elephant Furnace returned to calmness.
At that moment, Ye Jingcheng didn’t forget to brush and clean the furnace.
Without the Cyan Elephant Furnace, refining the Red Flame Pill would have been even more challenging.
For a qualified alchemy master, the first rule is to cherish the pill furnace.
Once the Cyan Elephant Furnace turned to a grey-blue hue, Ye Jingcheng put it away, before turning his attention to the Red Flame Pill.
The Red Flame Fox seemed to sense the Red Flame Pill, and its sky-blue eyes glimmered with longing, while quietly chirping at the corners of its mouth, eager!
Ye Jingcheng didn’t immediately allow the Red Flame Fox to consume the Red Flame Pill. Instead, he produced a Cyan Spirit Pill and a Body Tempering Pill, letting the Red Flame Fox recover first was of utmost importance for now.
Although he wasn’t sure of the exact effects of the Red Flame Pill, he knew that cultivators must adjust their state to the peak before consuming a spirit pill to break through!